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Acquire is an abstract game that involves the play of tiles on a grid to create hotel chains. Players buy stock in these hotel chains and may be paid dividends when one hotel chain absorbs another. The aim is to have the highest value in cash and stocks when the game ends. The game can only end when all hotel chains are safe (11 tiles or larger) or any one chain exceeds 40 tiles in size, but will only end if a player declares the game over.

Acquire was designed by Sid Sackson and published by The Avalon Hill Game Company.

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As with all games, rules are required. Please read the rules of engagement that cover For Whom The Web Rocks games. The following additional rules apply to these Acquire games.

Acquire games require four to six players.
Please use a subject of Acquire exxx when sending orders (replace the 'xxx' with the game number, e.g. Acquire e999).
Acquire can be played as a standard game or the Special Powers variant. When you join a game you can choose which type of game to play.
Private information is available from the game information area. Players will be provided with usernames and passwords to access their information.
When a tile causes one or more mergers, orders should include chain priority and disposal of stock.
When mergers occur, all players will be contacted for decisions on stock disposal. An e-mail group of all players in the game will be used for this so that everyone is aware of the merger, although only those players with stock to dispose of need respond. This e-mail group will only be used for messages about the game.
To speed up play, merger messages should be responded to without waiting to see how others may have disposed of stock. Stock will still be disposed of in player order. Conditional orders can be provided, based on disposal that occurs before yours.
When mergers occur, orders for the remainder of the turn are not required until the outcome of stock disposal is known, although players are welcome to provide such orders in advance. These may also be conditional on previous actions in the turn.
The game report will show the current values of the players, based on cash, stock held and bonuses due. This can be calculated from the current position, and avoids anyone having to work it out.
Moves made for players by the referee will normally involve playing a tile at random. No stock will be bought. The default action during mergers will be to sell all stock held in the defunct chain.

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